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Interview 25370 – Caption Index: 346

Did you ever have to work, and have challenges with invertebrates?… Read More

Interview 25370 – Caption Index: 347

Oh yeah. Oh yeah, we’ve had a lot of interesting things, when the national zoo opened their invertebrate house, and working with cuttlefish, and trying to figure out how to deal with those and various other invertebrates, but there you’re basic and basically dealing with environmental management, you’re managing their… Read More

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Have you ever had any experiences, where you lost a particular animal that you’ve cared for a long time?… Read More

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We talked about the veterinarian being a generalist, but is there a particular family or group of animals that you prefer to work with?… Read More

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And why, if so?… Read More

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I like the megavertebrates, which are the rhinos, hippos, giraffe, elephants, just because they present such unique challenges. And I generally, I think I like hoofstock, I don’t like primates per se, reptiles and birds, they’re just there. But big cats can be interesting, but I would probably put the… Read More

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Would you say zoos today are potentially doing enough to manage their animal collections regarding medical husbandry groups?… Read More

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Yeah, we didn’t have any night staff, so we had quite a few menagerie at our house at a period of time, we had quite a few red pandas that my wife raised, we had some maned wolves that my wife took care of, mutt jacks, Bactrian camel calves, wildebeest… Read More

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I think it depends on the zoo, and the medical staff, and the facilities that they have. And that’s just a hard question to ask, generally I would think it’s probably better, because there’s more veterinarians full-time in zoos, and hopefully most of these veterinarians are practicing, you know, good… Read More

Interview 25370 – Caption Index: 337

Is there differences in drug dosages, or how it’s applied or — Of course there is, in free-ranging animals, you don’t have ’em as confined, and it takes a lot longer, higher dosages, and longer for the induction period, generally speaking. We found also with metodine, which is an alpha… Read More

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Oh, from the zoo?… Read More

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You mentioned that, well did you ever have the occasion to bring animals home to take care of them?… Read More

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I hate to keep going back to anesthesia and preventative medicine, I think, and hopefully, you know, just a philosophy of the proactive approach to a problem. In other words, I’d rather be shot down for trying, than have people say, “Well he didn’t get around to getting the animal… Read More

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And then speaking of anesthesia then, is there a significant difference in your opinion, and in difficulty in working with animals in the field, and in captivity with anesthesia?… Read More

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Do you have to be acutely aware?… Read More

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You mentioned earlier that in your job description there was a sentence or a paragraph that said ultimately the zoo veterinarian had the final word on medical things, and then you said “They took that out.” So how did that occur?… Read More

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What would you say was the most significant change you implemented in the care of animals?… Read More

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Well, I think that was after Ted Reid left, and you know, people were just saying, “Well if I’m director, I have the final say”, and da da da da, and you know, “‘Cause I’m in charge”, and I ran into that at ABC, when I was doing some work… Read More

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Well, I think the initial parts, and … Before we started answering questions of just not knowing, and the information not being there, and we know that it should be there, and that’s I think what stimulated me to go ahead, and try to find some answers, and ask people,… Read More

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Well, it’s my philosophy that it was my job to make sure the animals were in good health, and that the situation they were displayed in was not gonna be harmful to them, or the people that were viewing them. And I usually was able to communicate that to the… Read More

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